Zelenka

See also: zelenka

English

Etymology

From Czech Zelenka, Slovak Zelenka, and Upper Sorbian zelenka.

Proper noun

Zelenka (plural Zelenkas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zelenka is the 24388^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1027 individuals. Zelenka is most common among White (96.11%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zelenka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Zelenak

Czech

Etymology

From zelený (“green”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛlɛŋka]

Proper noun

Zelenka m anim (female equivalent Zelenková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Zelenka (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Zelenka	Zelenkové
genitive	Zelenky	Zelenků
dative	Zelenkovi	Zelenkům
accusative	Zelenku	Zelenky
vocative	Zelenko	Zelenkové
locative	Zelenkovi	Zelencích
instrumental	Zelenkou	Zelenky

Further reading

• “Zelenka”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzeʎenka]

Proper noun

Zelenka m pers (female equivalent Zelenová)

1. a male surname

Further reading

• “Zelenka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024